Nursing-bottle holder



Nov. 20, 1928.

M.- s. SULLIVAN NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER 'Filed Aug. 1926 Z-Sheets-Sheet 1Attohey Nov. 20, 1928.

M. 5. SULLIVAN NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Aug. 4,- 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet2 Irwntor' M. &duan ?mm m@ V I Attorney ime bottle holder constructed inaocordsnce with Petented Nov. 20, 1928 sures ;PATENT- OFFICE.

NURSING-BTTLE HOLDER.

Application filed August 4, 1926. Serial No. 121054;

This invention reletes to nov nd useful rovements in V holders orsupports for s ng hotties when in use and hes for its primery object toprovide e holder Whereby the bettle is supported in e properly tltedposition when the baby is within e oerrage' or erib so that the contentsthereof may be readily taken by the chldwithout requiring the holding ofthe bottle by the mother, nu'semaid, or other attendent.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a holderof thischerecter that is constructed for ready association With theconventional desgns oi"? nursing bottles and one' that may as-reedily beremoved therefrom.

A further and impor'unt ,object is to provide& holder consisting ofmeans disposition upon the bottle well 'as means Whereby the bottle maybe Suspended from the Crib or carriage, seid means being cooperativelyconstrueted so that the. bottle 'will not become disengaged from theholder when the same is in use.

Other objeets Will become ,epperent es the nature of the invention isbetter understood, the same eompfiising the novel form, oombination, andarrengement of parte here inefter more fully described, shown in theaocompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawings herein like numerels indi- Cate like parte. y i r Figure1 is :i side elevetion of a nursing the present invention, the samebeing disclosed as actually in use. i I

Figure 2 is a' longiuudinal section taken substantialiy upon the line2-2 of Figura, 1 for diselosingin top plan the means with which thebottle is directly associated.

Figure 3 isa View in side elevation disolosing the elements that aredirectly attached to the bottle in the :Let of being ap plied to orremoved therefrom, and

Figures l and 5 are perspective views of the members Construeted fordisposition upon the bottle.

Now having particular reference to the drawing, my novel nursing bottleholder constitutes the p'ovision of e pair of Wirc treme membersdesignated generelly by the i side of the loop single length of steelwi'e so bent as to provide' a relatively oval sheped loop 7 at one endof the framefor engagement over theneek of the bottle A and a large ovalsheped loop 8 at the opposite ,end of the treme for engegement aroundthebody of the bottle A, the Wire forming the frame member 5 s ooiled asat 9 and 10 so as to provide e spacing means between the loops and 8 etopposite sides thei-cof.

: The wire forming the frame member is so bent at one side of the loop 8as to provide a penof letera l eyes 11-11 within which' the ends of thesti-and of Wire that extend from the adjaeent ends or' the coil'9 erearranged es clearly disolosed inFigure t. ntermediate these eyes 11-11is a ve t eally extending eye 12 for a purpose here- .matter more fullydescribed. r

As more 'clearly chsolosed m Fg ures 1 and 3, the lower oonneeting coil10 between the loops 7 and 9 is shghtly shorter than the length of theupper eonnecting eoil 9,"

so thet the body loop 8 will extend diagonally with respect tothetransverse tLXlS of "the bottle when this treme member 5 is disposedthereon. The length of the treme member 5 is such that the loop S willbe positoned uponthe body of the bot-tle real'- ward-ly of the centerthereof so that the bottle will be supported in :in inclined manv resrend and thence forwa'dly over the top side of the bottle asclearlyiindeated ,in

Figure 1. The ends of the wire are then e disposed diagonallyoutwardlyas at 18-18 and are seoured within spaced reerwardly extending eyes19-19 formed in the top 13. In this instance also the eoil portion ofthe wire at the bottom side of the freme is shorter than the entire'area, of the wire at the top side of the frame so that the loop 13 willbe positoned diagonally with respect' to the transverse axis of thebottle A, as shown in Figu-e's 1, 3 and 5. Intermedate the eyes 19-19 ofthe loop 13, the wre formng the same s so nent as to provide avertieelly extending eye 20.

'one end of e coil spring 2%. To the opposite end of this coil spring isettached e chain length 25 to whicl is slidably seeured e hook 26 thatis preferably construeted for engagement within the Wicker material ofcerriage tops or upon a cross wre stretched 'between the upper siderails ete crb es suggested in Figure l. i

In order to position the treme members 5 and 6 upon the bottle A it isnecessary that the link 22 be moved to the horizontal position esdiselosed in Figure 3, etter which the treme members may be separated.The iframe member 5 is then errenged upon the forward portion of thebottle efter which the treme member 6 is disposed over the reer end ofthe bottle. The link 22 is now swung upwerdly and due to its shape willceuse the freme members to be drewn toward each other and when the hook26 is disposed upon the crib rails or cerriuge structural bar, theweight or the' bottle as well as the treme members will prevent the linkfrom turnng and consequently the treme members will i not separate topermit the bottle to disengege therei'rom.

E have previously stated that the hook 26 is slidablyattached to thechain length 25. This is for the purpose of permitting the .length otthe hanger unit to be adjus ed at will After the ,proper edjustment ofthe hookwith respect to thechain length a hook 2? upon the end of thechain length is engeged within one of the'lengths of the Cham 'so es toprevent the sliding of the henger hook 26 with respect thereto Whenthebottle is supported in hanging reletionwith the erib or cerriage. v

By closely inspecting` Figure l of the drawings it will be reedilyappreciated that the length of the 'treme members 5 and 6 is such thatwhen the bottle is supported in hengin; relation, the same 'will bemeintained in the properly tilted position for use so that the contentsthereof may be readly taken by the child without requir'ng the holdingof the same as stated of the invention. i i v Even though I have hereinshown and described the invention as consisting of 'certain strueturalelements, and of a prefereble' formaton, it is nevertheless' to beunderstood that seid structural elements es well esthe `ormation thereotmay be changed to-some ez tent without affecting the spirit and scope ofthe appended elaims.

Having thus described the I claim as new end desire to secure by LettersPatent is r I l. n a holder for nursing bottles, &pair ot separate trememembers eonstrueted for disposition upon the bottle at opposte endethei-ed: eye members et the inner ends of said independent geted linkindependent of the bers and sldable through' the aforementioned eyes fordrawing the' frame members' together toward' each other 'upon the bottiewhen the link lS swung to a position et right angles with respect to itslntial position, and

means associeted with one end o'' the link the suspension of the bottle'for feeilitatinfi from a support. r

2. in e holder for nursing bottles, e pair in the obj eets invention,what i ..LL &1118 memtreme members, 111 elone of separate treme memberseonstrueted 'or disposition upon the bottle et the opposite ends thereofeach of sa d treme members being eomposed of e single strandofwire `sobent as to provide a, loop at the inner end of each frame, the outer endof each treme being so constructed as to fit` over the neek and rear endof the bottle respeetively, the

looped inner opposed ends of the treme be ing disposed around theintermediate portion of the bottle, an eye member formed on the top o'the inner end of each treme, a' link` slidable through the inner opposedeye members and edepted to move the frames toward each other on 'thebottle when swung n a position at right engl'e'sto its initiel positionand means connected to the link for suspending 'the bottle and theholder from e support.

In testimony whereof I atX my signature.

MAURICE S. SULLIVAN.

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